Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
greatness practice annoyed
Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when his greatness is not recognized in his time, isn't he a sage?
people attention pay
If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots, you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.
men doe ruthlessness
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
fall tree heaven
Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.
son roots people
From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.
teaching strange dangerous
To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.
hands election politician
Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
people tongue heavy
The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it
worry failing acknowledge
Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.
watches action kind
Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?
lost labor
Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
doors house able
Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?
real mean men
Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?
dangerous
Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.